Good morning, Canberra. After an overnight low of 1 degree we're in for a shower or two and a top of 11 today. Here's what's making news in the capital.
Subscriber | Exclusive: Women's legal services are accusing the Morrison government of misrepresenting the intent of the much-vaunted $3.4 billion women's budget statement after $129 million in targeted support for women's services has instead been broadly offered across the sector.
A rescue helicopter and its crew sat grounded and helpless just 17km from the South Coast beach where an ACT man drowned trying to save his daughter, 9, on Monday.
Subscriber: A convicted sex offender allegedly told police he was "obsessed" with child abuse material and "addicted" to collecting it when he was recently arrested in Canberra's south.
Subscriber: A former ACT attorney-general has labelled a proposed bill to decriminalise small amounts of illicit drugs in the ACT an "utter waste of paper". Bill Stefaniak said the bill would encourage young people to use drugs and would result in more deaths.
Analysis: Rule-abiding citizens, cutting international returnees and Canberra's place as a "microcosm" in Australia, has put it "one step ahead" during the pandemic, but our Covid-free status can't last.
Nowhere in the increasingly predictable script of NRL 2021 did it say anything about the Raiders beating Manly last night. But Canberra had no interest following the text - they were too busy composing a season-resurrecting Brookvale sonnet which ended in a 30-16 triumph.
Subscriber: Kathryn Campbell will move to take up the vacancy at the head of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade in the latest shake-up of top public service roles.
Canberra Hospital's emergency department wait times have again disappointed, while the ACT's peak medical body say increased access to care in the community would help ease the pressure.
Kids say the darndest things. But how many of us have actually delved into our own past to find out the darndest things we said (or did) during our childhood? Sarah Ison and Chelsea Heany have and they've made a comedy show about it.
